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Apple Files

Two Apple smartphones, one gold and one silver, displaying their logos.
Jul 16, 2024

When you need a file on your Mac as soon as possible, you usually have to get your MacBook or hop on your iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, or Mac Studio. But that's too much work if you're in bed, lying on th ...

"How to Take Scrolling Screenshots of Entire Webpages, Text Documents, and More on Your iPhone or iPad" cover image
Mar 14, 2024

When you take a screenshot on your iPhone, it's automatically saved to your Photos app. You can ignore the screenshot thumbnail or swipe it away, but you shouldn't. If you open the screenshot editor i ...

Digital stickers displayed on a smartphone screen.
Oct 20, 2023

Apple just upped its sticker game on iPhone and iPad. We've already had stickers available for Memoji, Fitness activities, and third-party iMessage apps, but only some could be used outside the Messag ...

A pair of scissors positioned over a smartphone displaying images of cats.
Oct 26, 2022

One of the most useful new features Apple included on iOS 16 lets you instantly lift the subject out of a photo, separating it from the background. Once extracted, you can paste, save, or drop the cut ...

Smartphone screen displaying location settings and favorite tags.
Oct 22, 2022

If you're not using your iPhone's Files app yet to manage images, documents, and other files on iCloud, third-party cloud services, or your local storage, it's time to start. Apple's built-in file man ...

Smartphone displaying a colorful screen on a notepad and sketchbook.
Aug 3, 2022

Your iPhone's built-in Voice Memos app is a great way to record the audio around you, whether it be conversations, lectures, meetings, interviews, discussions, chitchat, gossip, or other kinds of talk ...

"The Fastest, Easiest Way to Download SoundCloud Music Files to Your iPhone as MP3s" cover image
May 12, 2021

If you like to listen to popular songs from huge musicians and hard-to-find music from obscure indie artists, SoundCloud is for you — and you don't have to pay a dime. When you find a song you really ...

Smartphone displaying drawn shapes alongside stationery items.
Sep 23, 2020

There's a set of drawing tools that have been available for a long time on the iPhone that helps you create handwritten notes and sketches. It's great when you need a free-form way to capture your ide ...

Smartphone screen displaying file locations alongside an external storage device.
Jun 3, 2020

The built-in Files app on your iPhone has only gotten better since it was introduced in iOS 11, with small improvements after each new iOS version. You can manage files on your internal storage as wel ...

"How to Use the File Manager on Your iPhone" cover image
Jun 3, 2020

Apple has finally given us a decent file manager in iOS 11. The new "Files" app replaces the not-very-old iCloud Drive app that appeared in iOS 9, but you can still access your iCloud Drive files in t ...